It’s gonna take some clever packing to get all these evening clothes in one suitcase. And besides……I need things to wear in the day time. OK! So I’ll just take two bags, already!

My husband Wayne and I had made friends with two delightful couples at the Dance classes held at a Hollidaysburg Dinner Club. It wasn’t long until we three couples decided to take a ten day excursion on a Holland American cruise ship, stopping at five beautiful islands on our way to Caracas Venezuela on the northern coast of South America.

We came up with this great idea that we should do something together for the “passenger participation in the show” night. It is kinda like an amateur contest.

My husband and I had done this on another cruise in the Caribbean. We didn’t win a prize but it was fun. They gave us material to make costumes and their band supplied the music to accompany our little act. We were given crepe paper that we used to make green grass Hawaian skirts and flower leis.

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Holli with her arm around baby Terra, Levi, in back Darren and Jeffrey

Moving his little family from their LOG CABIN home in Ohio to the little town of Dillon, Montana, nestled in the valley between two mountain ranges, in the most southwestern corner of Montana, turned into a bonanza for them. Continue reading

Do you remember how many celebrities or VIP’S you have met in your life time so far?

My daughter Susie (Carole Suzanne) had driven to the Chicago O’Hare airport to meet her sister Pamela as she came in from Columbus, Ohio to spend the summer between junior and senior years of High School. While waiting for Pam’s luggage at the baggage claim, Susie noticed a celebrity. She quickly took a note pad and pen from her purse and ran over to him. Holding the pen and pad out to him she said, “MR WILLIAMS, may I have your autograph please?”

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“Sarah… where are you? Sarah honey, where are you?” Not a ‘peep’ do I hear from my little nine month old grandbaby! Desperately walking room to room, I’m now pleading, “Sarah sweetheart, please answer Gramma!” Still not a sound!!!!

She was right here just a minute ago. As I hurriedly enter the farthest room, there, in the middle of the room on the floor, sitting very still and very quiet, smiling triumphantly at her gramma, is my precious little grandbaby Sarah! Whew!!!!

I came by plane to the Baltimore-Washington airport from Florida to spend Christmas with my daughter Pamela, her husband Tracy and my little grand daughters Evin and Sarah in their home in Columbia, Maryland. Continue reading

The rain was splashing off her umbrella as she ran this way and that, turning and spinning, doing a little bow every now and again. Barefoot, tripping through the little water puddles, singing as she twirls, this little four year old is in her glory carrying an UMBRELLA and wearing her underpants. WEARING…..ONLY HER UNDERPANTS! Continue reading